Authorities: Lindsay Lohan Violated Her Probation

By John Mitchell Posted Jan 4th 2011 11:43AM

According to authorities in California, Lindsay Lohan violated her probation by getting into a physical altercation with a former staff member at the Betty Ford Center and could face further legal ramifications if the district attorney's office determines she should face battery charges relating to the incident.

For a while, it seemed Lohan was in the clear; after initially declaring she'd seek legal comeuppance in the incident, Dawn Holland, the former Betty Ford staffer, has since declared she will not cooperate with the investigation and does not want charges filed, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said Monday. However, the department continued its investigation into the incident and will forward its findings to the district attorney, who will determine whether to charge the actress with battery. As a condition of her probation, Lohan cannot be found in violation of any law.

The news comes just one day after Lohan completed her court-ordered treatment at the Betty Ford Center and was given permission to leave the drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility (whether she has or not remains unclear).

Lohan's lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley has confirmed that an incident took place on Dec. 12, but declined to provide any details of what happened. And though Holland is "no longer cooperating with the investigation and does not wish to have charges filed," according to the Riverside sheriff's office, "It is expected that this investigation will be sent to the district attorney's office later this week."

In an interview with TMZ, Holland claimed Lohan and two other female Betty Ford patients left the facility without permission and declined breathalyzer tests upon their return. Holland claimed Lindsay became belligerent, pushed her and snatched a phone from her hand, straining her arm.

"Lindsay and two other patients had snuck out, went drinking and tried to sneak back in and they got caught," Holland told TMZ after the alleged incident. "We were told by our administration on-call to do a breathalyzer test, which she refused to do ... She was angry and out of control."

Holland has since been fired from Betty Ford for breaking confidentiality laws by identifying patients at the center in the TMZ interview, "disclosing a privileged document" and violating HIPAA laws.

"When patients come to the center for treatment, they come to a safe place where their identity is protected, where anonymity is safeguarded," the center said in a statement after Holland's dismissal.

Lohan's probation is set to end in August, and, according to CNN, she is now expected in municipal court on Feb. 1 to review her progress in fulfilling the terms of her probation. She will also appear before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden Fox, who sentenced the actress to rehab after Judge Marsha Revel recused herself from Lohan's case this summer, on Feb. 25 for another progress hearing.

Lohan's current legal troubles stem from a three-and-a-half-year-old drunken driving case. Judge Fox mandated her stay at Betty Ford after the 'Mean Girls' starlet failed a pair of drug tests -- for cocaine and illegal Adderall use -- following her release from an inpatient rehab stay at UCLA Medical Center late last summer. Lohan was initially denied bail and taken into custody. Judge Elden Fox reportedly issued the order without hearing arguments from Lohan's lawyers, and within hours another judge overturned the ruling and the starlet was released on bail.

A few days later, however, on Sept. 27, she voluntarily entered rehab at Betty Ford. At an Oct. 22 hearing, Judge Fox ordered her to remain there through Jan. 3. "You're staying [in rehab] past the New Year's -- there's a reason for that."

Lindsay's years-long legal woes have put her career on hold. This fall, she missed opportunities to promote her role in the film 'Machete' because she was in jail and rehab and was dropped from what she'd hoped would be her comeback vehicle, the Linda Lovelace biopic 'Inferno.'

Sources close to the 'Mean Girls' actress tell PopEater that Lindsay will likely remain in Los Angeles for the foreseeable future rather than immediately relocate to her native Long Island. The actress has no film projects lined up and plans to work on her fashion line upon her release from rehab.

If she is found to have violated her probation in the Dec. 12 alleged assault incident, Lohan will likely face a harsh punishment from Judge Fox, who has said that if she violates the rules of her rehab program (which would include assaulting an employee) or fails a drug test before her next court date with him on Feb. 25, she will be jailed for 180 days.

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Tuesday 04 January

By BTDT

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"her next court date with him on Feb. 25, she will be jailed for 180 days."

Baloney. She won't do a minute of time untill she kills someone while driving drunk.

By Nico Toscani

You got that right. She'll walk of course.

Thursday 06 January

By ROSALIE

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BTDT....Yes, that right. When she kills someone...IF that someone is "IMPORTANT" enough for our legal system.

By Zero

BUUUSSSTTTTTEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDD!!!!!!

By mw

Enjoy your new place while you can and Sam too, cuz I see jail by Feb. She will never learn.

By gbjigsaw

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Why dont people and the courts leave Lindsay alone, she has been tried and convicted more than any other criminal, maye she does drink, but how many people drink and dont have to go through what she has gone through, is it because she is a star, NUTS, leave her alone and let her get on with her life.

By joan

I cannot agree with you more. I have never seen anything like the bashing that Lindsay Lohan gets, no matter what she does. I think the people who are dissing this young woman constantly should go after her parents more than her. They, especially mommy dearest Dina are the ruination of this young woman and they alone are the cause and effect of what has happened to Lindsay....

By H20rider

Because she remains a danger to herself and to society. If she mows down someone you care about in one of her high times, you'll be screeching that someone should have stopped her.

By RAS

The average joe would have long served the jail time. Enough playing around and catering to this spoiled narcissistic monster. 60 days for the initial conviction plus another 90 days for violating probation. She will not learn or live until age 30 if she is not given a dose of hard reality now.

By Ron

jbjigsaw and joan: Her "star" status is why she has not been punished as a regular person would have been. Her parents enabled her (just like you both are by excusing her behavior and seeking sympathy for it)but she is now an adult and needs to be "accountable", "responsible", and learn self control and humility. Her future is Marilyn Monroe and Anna Nicole Smith unless she gets the tough love she needs. Her parents can't and/ or won't so the judge needs to. A couple of months in jail may save her.

By LittleMo

I have a better idea. Why don't we first put you in the car Lindsay decides to chase or cast you as the innocent bystander who gets killed when she drives drunk? Better yet, how would you like it to be YOUR CHILD in a stroller the next time Lindsay takes a short corner and hits the stroller? Leave her alone? Are you kidding me? She has gotten away with never paying for what she did 3-1/2 years ago. If that had been any one of us, we would have gone to jail the first time.

By daver

Lock her up and throw away the key.

By notashot

Why should she be left alone. She has used and abused the system and has gotten away with it. Not only should she go to jail her Mother Dina needs to be locked up too.

By LINDI

who let the good for nothing biatch out of lock down? Put her away AND THROW AWAY THE KEY ALREADY, OR GIVE HER A GUN AND SHOW HER HOW TO PULL THE Trigger....what good is she to anyone, least of all herself,????

By JEB BUCKINGHAM

She continues to violate her probation time after time after time, and the courts continue to give her a break TIME after TIME after TIME. Are those judges being paid off, or are they just stupid?

By KARLA GARCIA

CAN WE SAY "DOES NOT WANT CHARGES FILED" = PAID OFF????

By Randy

The problem is that Judges dont like having her in jail and being a bad influence on normal drunks that have been locked up. She keeps turning all the prison staff to drink.

By Joyce

I am very sorry to say this but, I predict she will be found
dead of an over dose in the near future.

Lohan's attorney shares a big portion of Lindsay's problems. She does not work in the best interests of Lindsay, at all, always making excuses and looking the other way. Holly is just another enabler like Lohan's family is. Wait till Ronson enters the picture.

Wednesday 05 January

By KneeTickler

She's an attorney, she gets paid to keep her out of jail...she doesn't actually care for the trainwreck.

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